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title: A scientist finds the same thin clay layer in Italy and in New Zeala… — The asteroid: the day the dinosaurs di… · tree and pragmatics
description: A scientist finds the same thin clay layer in Italy and in New Zealand. What does it tell her? Test 9 · ★★ of lesson 271 «The asteroid: the day the dinosaurs died and who survived» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 9 · ★★ · The asteroid: the day the dinosaurs died and who survived

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A scientist finds the same thin clay layer in Italy and in New Zealand. What does it tell her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** scientist · **What happens:** find, tell · **To what, where:** same thin clay layer, Italy, Zealand · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 271 «The asteroid: the day the dinosaurs died and who survived» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A scientist finds the same thin clay layer in Italy and in New Zealand.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died:t9:1
# text = A scientist finds the same thin clay layer in Italy and in New Zealand.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scientist	scientist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	layer	layer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Italy	Italy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	flat	_	_
14	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present | a scientist | the same thin clay layer |  | Italy and New Zealand |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent layer=Topic |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* What does it tell her?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died:t9:2
# text = What does it tell her?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | scientist |  | Zealand |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The disaster reached the whole world at the same time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died:t9:o1:1
# text = The disaster reached the whole world at the same time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	disaster	disaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | past | the disaster | the whole world |  |  | time |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent world=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The clay was carried there by dinosaurs on their feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died:t9:o2:1
# text = The clay was carried there by dinosaurs on their feet
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	dinosaurs	dinosaur	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past · passive | dinosaurs | the clay |  | dinosaurs's feet; there |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Two small asteroids hit those two places and nowhere else

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died:t9:o3:1
# text = Two small asteroids hit those two places and nowhere else
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	asteroids	asteroid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
10	else	else	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | past | Two small asteroids | that two places |  |  |  | nowhere *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme place=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Clay always forms in Italy and floats over to New Zealand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:271-the-asteroid-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died:t9:o4:1
# text = Clay always forms in Italy and floats over to New Zealand
1	Clay	clay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	forms	form	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Italy	Italy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	floats	float	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	over	over	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	_
11	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | present | Clay |  |  | Italy |  | always *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in italy=Location |
| 2 | **float over** | present | Clay *not said here* |  | New Zealand |  |  | over *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to zealand=Result |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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